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Sunday, July 10, 2016

ANNOUNCING: ARS 2016 FOBB

RULES:Adventure Radio Society 2016 Flight of the Bumblebees, Sunday, July 31

The Adventure Radio Society Flight of the Bumblebees is a four-hour event held annually on the last Sunday of July. It is open to all radio amateurs.

2016 ARS Flight of the Bumblebees

Sunday, July 31

1700 to 2100 UTC

CONTEST PERIOD BY TIMEZONE (Local Time)

·1 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Eastern

·12 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Central

·11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Mountain

·10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Pacific

·7 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Hawaii

The contest period accommodates multiple time zones simultaneously. No matter where you live, there will be time for Bumblebees to travel to a field operating site, set up their station, operate the contest, and travel home.

WHO CAN PLAY?

Both home-based and portable operations are encouraged.

WHAT QUALIFIES AS A BUMBLEBEE?

Participants who operate portable from field locations are designated as Bumblebees. They get to their operating site principally under their own power by walking, biking, boating, and so on. The distance traveled to the site is at the Bumblebee’s discretion. Bumblebees add /BB to their calls. (NOTE: Home-based stations do not add /BB to their callsign.)

IF YOU’RE ELIGIBLE, GET A BUMBLEBEE NUMBER

If you plan to operate the 2016 FOBB portable – in other words, from a field location – you’re invited to request a Bumblebee identification number. Instructions for obtaining a Bumblebee number are in the next section, below, headlined "Apply for a 2016 Flight of the Bumblebees Number."

There is no limit to the number of Bumblebees. You may apply for, and receive, a Bee number at any time up to July 31 prior to the contest.

GROUP OPERATION

Group operation is welcome in the Flight of the Bumblebees. You may operate under a single call and report a single score, or under multiple calls and report multiple scores. In any event, you are limited to operating a single transmitter at a time.

POWER OUTPUT

To keep with its minimalist theme, maximum FOBB power output is 5 watts.

Results and soapbox comments will be reported on the ARS Spartan Sprint and FOBB website. That posting will be announced on the QRP-L mailgroup.

SAFETY:

As with all ARS events, please keep safety in front of mind when conducting operations in the field. Such things as weather, power lines, terrain, dehydration and fatigue can be lethal. Above all, we want all participants to have a fabulous and safe experience.

– 73, Richard Fisher, KI6SN,The Adventure Radio Society

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FIELD STATIONS:Apply for a 2016 Flight of the Bumblebees Number

The Adventure Radio Society Flight of the Bumblebees is a four-hour event held annually on the last Sunday of July. It is open to all radio amateurs.

2016 ARS Flight of the Bumblebees

Sunday, July 31

1700 to 2100 UTC

CONTEST PERIOD BY TIMEZONE (Local Time)

·1 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Eastern

·12 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Central

·11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Mountain

·10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Pacific

·7 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Hawaii

The contest period accommodates multiple time zones simultaneously. No matter where you live, there will be time for Bumblebees to travel to a field operating site, set up their station, operate the contest, and travel home.

IF YOU’RE ELIGIBLE, GET A BUMBLEBEE NUMBER

If you plan to operate the 2016 FOBB portable – in other words, from a field location – you’re invited to request a Bumblebee identification number. Here’s how:

1. CHECK THE DATABASE: An online database has been set up to show assigned Bumblebee numbers. Visit: http://bit.ly/15aGgN1

3. YOUR FOBB NUMBER ASSIGNMENT: Check the database, http://bit.ly/15aGgN1after submitting your top three choices to see which number you have been assigned. The number listed in the database is your official 2016 FOBB number.

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